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Accidents - Humidifiers - 50+ years old - Years 1997-2010 - Upper Trunk

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 211
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Years:
Year 2000:69
Year 2002:38
Year 2003:16
Year 2008:86

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 08/17/2008Age: 82 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Humidifiers
RIB CONTUSION.PT SLIPPED ON PLASTIC IN GARAGE AND FELL INTO A HUMIDIFIER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/02/2008Age: 67 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Humidifiers
ATTEMPTING TO EMPTY WATER FROM HUMIDIFIER DX ACUTE THORACIC MYOFASCIAL STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/08/2003Age: 72 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Humidifiers
RIB FRACTURE.PT TRIPPED OVER A HUMIDIFIER AND FELL AND HIT CHEST ON HUM IDIFIER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/08/2002Age: 62 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Humidifiers
PT COMPLAINT OF BACK PAIN LIFTING HUMIDIFIER 2 WEEKS AGO, ACUTE BACK PA IN SECONDARY TO LATISSUMUS STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/21/2000Age: 72 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Humidifiers
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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